Blair favourite to win close race in Scarborough Southwest in next election: poll
OTTAWA—If former Toronto police chief Bill Blair wins the Liberal nomination in Scarborough Southwest, Ont., he will also be the favourite candidate to win in the federal election this fall, says a new poll released by Forum Research. Mr. Blair led in public opinion polling in the riding with 42 per cent support, compared to […]
Oliver balances economic and political realities in 2015 budget
Crafting a pre-election budget is a lot like juggling knives: The challenge of keeping so many sharp objects simultaneously aloft requires focus, precision and nerves of steel. Against the backdrop of a fall election, Finance Minister Joe Oliver appears to have done a commendable job of balancing both economic and political realities in the 2015 […]
Wynne forces issue, carbon emission reductions promises to be election issue federally in 2015
With some provinces moving ahead with their own plans to tackle emissions, public policy experts say federal leadership is still needed and want Canada’s federal parties to debate the issue when the writ drops later this year, no matter how politically challenging the conversation. “In the [2015] federal election we need parties staking out their […]
TV leaders’ debates key to campaigns, but debate exists over how best to run them, say sources
Closed-door discussions started last week between parties and the media consortium that runs the federal election debate, with some old debates over the power of the “faceless cabal” calling the shots resurfacing. Given the importance of debates in federal campaigns—the moments where “you can solidify your position or you can kill yourself,” according to Earnscliffe […]
AG Ferguson sends out final audit reports to Senators
Auditor General Michael Ferguson started to send out the potentially politically explosive final audit reports of Senators’ expenses to Senators and, following procedure, the AG has also asked Senators to respond to his findings which will be incorporated in the report to be tabled in the Upper Chamber in late May or early June, Conservative […]
Candidates campaigning in full election mode for months, some years, ahead of Oct. 19 election
The next federal election is still six months away, but several nominated candidates from all the political parties are in a full campaign mode and some say they’ve been full-on campaigning for four years. “It was almost four years ago when the last election [took place] and I haven’t stopped,” said Liberal candidate Karen McCrimmon […]
Political parties have sights on Vancouver, B.C.’s Lower Mainland in next federal election
Vancouver and British Columbia’s Lower Mainland is “a hotbed of three-way races” in the upcoming federal election, says Conservative Party president John Walsh, whose sentiment was echoed by his counterparts in the other three national parties. “We look at those regions and work hard to spend time ensuring the people, like in the Lower Mainland, […]
Mulcair’s approval ratings go up but NDP still in third place behind Conservatives and Liberals: poll
PARLIAMENT HILL—Public approval ratings for NDP Leader Tom Mulcair spiked over the past two months as he led the Commons charge against the government’s contentious anti-terrorism legislation and its decision to join a U.S.-led bombing mission against Islamic State militants in Iraq and now Syria, a Forum Research survey found. But despite Mr. Mulcair’s (Outremont, […]
Next election ‘very likely’ most expensive in Canadian history, say political insiders
The Oct. 19 federal election is expected to be the most expensive in Canada’s political history because, for the first time, the election date is known and pre-election spending will be big, say MPs, party strategists, and third-party organizations. The House of Commons is scheduled to start its summer recess on June 23 and won’t […]
Harper will continue to win majorities if NDP, Liberals don’t join forces, says former NDP MP
Prime Minister Stephen Harper will win a second majority government in a general election this year unless Justin Trudeau and his Liberal Party warm up to hints of an NDP willingness to join forces before the election, says a former B.C. NDP MP elected to five terms in the House of Commons before Jean Chretien […]
